Explore the North Willamette Wine Trail between Portland and the Oregon Coast Range this weekend, April 13-14, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. Sip limited production wines, new releases. and wine straught from the barrel. Meet the winemakers and craft artisans. Learn about winemaking and why the soil of the Tualatin Valley is ideal for … Continue reading Get a taste of the North Willamette Wine Trail this weekend
Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay On Saturday, April 13, at 4 p.m., The Clark County Music Teachers Association (CCMTA) will host its annual benefit recital at the Columbia Presbyterian Church in Vancouver, Washington. The concert features performances from local music teachers and award-winning student instrumentalists and vocalists. The recital is free, but the CCMTA is … Continue reading Clark County Music Teachers Association’s annual benefit concert on April 13
Featured image by NickyPe from Pixabay On Saturday, April 13, at 10 a.m., the Northwest Association for Blind Athletes (NWABA) will host an Easter egg hunt for visually impaired kids at the Old Main Building of the Washington State School for the Blind. How will the kids find these eggs? The eggs beep in their … Continue reading Easter egg hunt for visually impaired kids in Vancouver, WA
Photos from a previous Newport Jazz Festival by Cheryl Landes For those who have driven to the Newport Jazz Festival at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island, you're familiar with the traffic and quest to find parking. Now you can ride in style on Saturday, August 3, aboard the WICN Jazz Bus. WICN … Continue reading Don’t want to drive to the Newport Jazz Festival? Get a ride on August 3.
Featured image courtesy Ben & Jerry's On Tuesday, April 9, from noon to 8 p.m. in your time zone, get your free ice cream cone or cup at a Ben & Jerry's ice cream shop. Since this tradition started in 1979, Ben & Jerry's has handed out more than one million free scoops worldwide as … Continue reading April 9 is Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s
Featured image by Cheryl Landes Three weeks ago, I drove past Multnomah Falls for the first time since the devastating Eagle Creek fire. Much of the landscape is scarred from the fire. Vegetation has vanished, and tree trunks are charred behind the historic lodge. It's a miracle that the lodge was spared. The fire has … Continue reading Popular hiking trail at Multnomah Falls closed until further notice
Featured image: A Hawaiian Airlines A330 jet passes Diamond Head near Honolulu (photo courtesy Hawaiian Airlines) On April 4, the longest regularly scheduled non-stop interstate flight in U.S. history took off from Honolulu to Boston. Passengers who take this 5,095-mile route on Hawaiian Airlines fly from Logan International Airport to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in … Continue reading Hawaiian Airlines now offers non-stop service from Boston to Honolulu
All photos made at the Yakima Area Arboretum by Cheryl Landes Learn about what we can do in our urban and wild forests at "A Walk in the Woods", the 20th annual Arbor Festival at the Yakima Area Arboretum on Saturday, April 13, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. More than 40 stations provide hands-on … Continue reading “A Walk in the Woods” theme of 2019 Arbor Festival in Yakima
Dozer Day® is like a fair, except the rides are heavy construction equipment and emergency vehicles. For kids of all ages, getting behind the wheels of these giant machines are a dream come true. The kids sit in the driver's seat of dozers, excavators, and other equipment and actually drive with a professional operator at … Continue reading Kids of all ages are in the driver’s seat at Dozer Day® in Yakima
Featured image by Townshend Cellar, Colbert, Washington Experience wine tasting in a new way—straight from the barrel. You'll discover that the varieties you'll try taste different than you experience from the bottle. Wineries in the Yakima Valley host the Spring Barrel Tasting each year, which showcases their new vintages. Be among the first to try … Continue reading Taste new Yakima Valley vintages straight from the barrel two weekends in April
